Tobacco can



F. M. DAVIS TOBACCO 01m June 11, 1929.

Filed June 16, 1927 Patented June 11, 1929.

cairn STATES FLOYD M. DAVIS, OF PARIS, ILLINOIS.

TOBACCO CAN.

Application filed June 16, 1827.

This invention relates to a tobacco can of that type adapted to be carried in the pocket and which is commonly employed for holding a package of tobacco.

It is customary when using devices of this kind, to open the can, break the top of the package contained therein, and pour the contents from the package. As the tobacco is used or removed from time to time it becomes increasingly diiiicult to withdraw the contents adjacent the bottom of the can.

It is an object of the present invention to combine with a can of this character a means whereby the package can be supported at different elevations in the can so that after the package has been emptied. to a certain level it can be partly with-. drawn from the can and there supported without danger of slipping back onto the bottom of the can. Thus as the tobacco is gradually removed the package can be shifted from time to time and access can thus be had readily to the contents until the can has been completely emptied.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, with out departing from the spirit of the inven tion.

in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

I a said drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a can em bodying the present improvements, the lid being open. I

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the guiding tongue inserted in the can preparatory to the insertion of a filled package.

Figure 4- a View similar to Figures 2 and 3 showing the relative positions of the parts upon the completion of the insertion of a package.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing the relative positions following the withdrawal of the guide tongue.

Serial No. 1$9,301.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5' showing the package supported in an intermediate position within the can.

Figure 7 is a section on line 7-7, Figure 8.

tcferring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a can of the usual or any preferred construction, the same being provided, in the present instance with a hinged cover 2. Arranged along the inner surface of one wall of the can is a suppor ing strip 3 formed preferably of tin provided with inwardly extended steps or shoulders 4t connected by inclined portions 5. These shoulders are preferably disposed at right angles to that wall of the can against which strip 3 is positioned. The strip is held in place in any manner desired. For example the upper end thereof can be bent back so as to straddle the edge of the can as shown at 6, the parts being held together by punching depressions thereinto as shown at 7 or by using rivets or other fastening means.

For the purpose of facilitating the insertion of a package 8 containing tobacco or the like there is provided a resilient guide tongue 9 one end of which is adapted to hook over one of the walls of the can 1 as shown at 10.

Then using the invention the tongue 9 is first inserted into the can so as to rest against the strip 8 at. the ends of the shoulders t. This arrangement of the tongue has been shown in Figure 3. The package 8 to be placed in the can is then forced into the open end thereof and will slide along the tongue 9 so as to be held out of engagement with the shoulders 4 After the package has been fully inserted into the can shown in Figure 4 the tongue 9 is pulled outwardly from the can leaving the package in position where it will bulge outwardly over the respective shoulders 4 as shown in Figure 5. The can can now be closed and when it is desired to withdraw the contents of the package the can is opened, the exposed end of the package is broken and a portion of the contents removed in the usual way. As the level of the contents becomes farther removed from the open end of the can, the

. package can be pulled upwardly so that the bottom thereof will rest upon one of the shoulders 4 as shown for example in Figure 6. Thus the contents of the package can be easily reached and thereafter the projecting portion ot the package can be folded into the can. The package will not slip back into the can but will remain supported by the engaged shoulder 4;. As further material is removed from the package, said package can be again shifted so that the bottom will rest upon another shoulder 4. This operation can be repeated as found necessary until finally the package is supper-t d on the uppermost shoulder a at which time the last iortion of the contents of the package can be easily reached and removed.

Importance is attached to the fact that the shoulders atare extended at right angles from the wall of the can. Thus when the package is being folded after it has been raised to engagement with one of the shoulders as shown for example in Figure 6, there is no danger of the package being thrust back into the can where it cannot be easily reached. Instead it will be held firmly in the position to which it has been shifted. Furthermore the inclined portion 5 facilitates the elevation of the package relative to the can.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a container, of a strip extending along the inner surface of one wall thereof, said strip having spaced rigid shoulders projecting at right angles from said wall and inclined portions connecting the shoulders, means for fastening the strip to the container to hold it a ainst removal, and a coi'upressible package sh! able from the container, there being depressions in one face of the package termed by the shoulders and cooperating therewith to hold the package against movei'nent into the container.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature.

FLOYD M. DAVIS. 

